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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What foods have high quality protein?






2. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






3. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






4. What is normal albumin levels?






5. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






6. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






7. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






8. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






9. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






10. What type of people need extra protein?






11. Fats can lead to some medical problems






12. When does BMR decrease?






13. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






14. How many calories/gram is protein?






15. What is the function of vitamin C?






16. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






17. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






18. When does BMR increase?






19. What function is vitamin A?






20. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






21. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






22. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






23. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






24. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






25. What are healthy sources of fats?






26. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






27. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






28. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






29. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






30. What is the function of vitamin E?






31. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






32. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






33. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






34. What is normal BMI?






35. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






36. Name six sources of grains






37. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






38. Sources of fats






39. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






40. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






41. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






42. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






43. The higher the BMR a client has --






44. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






45. What function is vitamin D?






46. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






47. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






48. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






49. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






50. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?